St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-24
HIGH MASS.
Father Fitzpatrick breaches a
Forcible Sermon in the Cathe-

FdtHef FITZPATRICK IreaCneS a
ForcibIe Sermon in the Cathe-
dral.
High mass was celebrated at the Ca
thedral yesterday, Father Gibbons
celebrating. The sermon was preached
by Father Fitzpatrick, who took for his
text these words of the days gospel:
Put We On the armor of God that We
may be able to stand against the snares
OF the devil" 1.-THE lesson presented
to us to-day for consideration" he said,
lis a continuation of the lesson taught
in the epiStle of St. Paul to file Ephes-
ians, which we read last Sunday No
sooner were the EpheSianS converted to
Christianity by st. Paul than the enc
mics of religion were at work sowing
the seeds Of diScord and false doctrines
among them. St. Paul, in glowing
terms, warned them of the dangers of
the world, and exhorted them to put on
the armor of God. The Catholic church
displays the same solicitude for our wei
fare as does the anxious mother for
son about to make long Journey,
undergo the test of temptation to the
service of God. IT'S agreed that there
can be no friendship unless founded on
diSintereSted motives. Friendship shown
inStimes of adversely is true friendship.
A display of love in the hour Of success
and happiness goes for little. The same
pertains in the friendship we have for
God, and he alone is true who is ready
to embrace his God at all times.
When our Lord entered Jerusalem in
triumph He was greeted with the hosan-
mas of the assembled multitude. A few
days later, however, when lie assembled
Mt. Calvary, how many were there to
to greet Him in the hour of his distress?
But three Or four. The same obtains
with the Catholic church. In the days
of her glory her temples are thronged,
but how many there are who would de-
sert her in her darkened hours. The
The mother presses her child tenderly
to her heart that the remembrance of
the parting day may be to him great
consolation in his travels. We know
full well that the church's influence
is most benign in our earlier years. The
Springtime of our life is the aurora of
our existence. We live in hopes of
bright future in this world and happi-
ness in the next. So strong is this com-
preston that no man, however wicked
he may become, can grow wholly insen-
sible to the early inspirations of Mother
Church. But this period cannot be of
long duration. As Job says: ''The lie
really lives two lives, the material and
the spiritual, which are entirely OPP
pOsite, and lead to opposite results. The
more material do we make our lives, the
less spiritual are we. However, it
is of interest to man to
undergo the test of temptation in the
service of God. IT'S agreed that there
can be no friendship unless founded on
disinterested motives. Friendship
shown in time of adversely is true
| friendship. A display of love in the
hour OF success and happiness goes for
little. The same pertains in the love
and friendship we have for God. and he
alone is true who is ready to embrace
his God at all times.
When our Lord entered Jerusalem in
triumph he was greeted by the hosan-
! mas of the assembled multitude. A few
days later, however, when he assembled
Mt. Calvary, how many were there to
greet him in the hour of his distress?
But three or four. The same obtains
with the Catholic church. In the days
OF her glory her temples are thronged,
but how many there are who would
desert her in her darkest hours.
This trial we can overcome, and it is
| precisely what st. Paul wished to con-
vey to the minds of his hearers when he
said: ''Put ye Oh the armor of faith,
and take unto yourselves the helmet of
salvation" What is it that gives man
the power to remain faithful to God,
notwithstanding the deceits of the
world? 1t is the Word of God and the
faith we have, whereby we are enabled
to conquer all. The ship goes to sea
and is buffeted about by the heavy sea,
but she maintains her equilibrium, so
thoroughly ballasted is she. In the
same way do we brave the dangers of
the world, being ballasted by the weight
| of faith
George Sands says: 81 knew but one
| belief, my faith in the Immortality of
| the SOUL" Let then the dignity of our
| lives correspond with the dignity of our
expectations. Soldiers are noble, brave,
courageous and willing to die for their
| country. Let us then be soldiers of
Christ, bearing the armor of faith and
the breaSt-plate of Salvation, so that it
may he our privilege to say, as did ST.
Paul when about to die, 81 have fought
the good fight and have preserved the
faith, hence there will be reserved for
me crown OF righteousness which the